MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in BUFFALO, New York, run under BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 413 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Within BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 61 schools and 29,425 students, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 shows that the largest single group is Black at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 96% of students at MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.6%; actual is 11.9%, a gap of -27.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Erie County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: STANLEY MAKOWSKI EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

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